Inheritance and Indebtedness in William Godwin's Fictions
Sophia Lange
Broschiertes Buch

Inheritance and Indebtedness in William Godwin's Fictions

A New Approach to the Godwinian Novel

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In his Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), published only a few days after the guillotining of King Louis XVI of France, English philosopher and political thinker William Godwin openly criticises oppressive governments that inhibit social progress by suppressing rational discourse and morality. While Political Justice shaped the Revolution Debate of the 1790s, Godwin's texts, and especially the novels published after his stellar success Caleb Williams, often remain overlooked despite their innovative fusions of fact and fiction. Located at the crossroads of history and literary imagin...